PO264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Quebec Liberal Party, Westminster System, Quiet Revolution
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Topics: the 2011 and 2015 elections in context, political parties in canada, what factors determine the strength of political parties. If frustrated with mulroney, moved towards quebecois party. If there is not 3 consecutive, it was an interlude: example: harper 2006 > 2008 > 2011, 2) the three keys to victory : capturing trust on, key economic questions of the time (harper was successful ex. Canadian action plan: ability to ensure national unity (in past primarily about quebec, and later in the west, and perhaps aboriginal peoples. What is canada : expanding or preserving the social safety net (since canada has developed a welfare state, pensions, education, etc. There is no way for a leader to be successful if they don;t know how to run a welfare state). If there is a new liberal dynasty emerging, we shouldn"t expect that it shouldn"t last very long.
